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"God what an experience reading something like this. The finale of a series that was foundational for me in like 2002… but which I never got to finish until now. Characters I haven’t interacted with in 20+ years. Wow. Should have re-read some of the prior books in preparation but probably not necessary." — Jan 19, 2026 11:39PM
"God what an experience reading something like this. The finale of a series that was foundational for me in like 2002… but which I never got to finish until now. Characters I haven’t interacted with in 20+ years. Wow. Should have re-read some of the prior books in preparation but probably not necessary." — Jan 19, 2026 11:39PM
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"On the advice of some internet people I am doing one episode a week alongside a reading guide. I did Telemachus and Nestor the last two weeks and excited to jump into Proteus tonight." — Nov 23, 2025 07:44AM
"On the advice of some internet people I am doing one episode a week alongside a reading guide. I did Telemachus and Nestor the last two weeks and excited to jump into Proteus tonight." — Nov 23, 2025 07:44AM
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(page 44 of 694)
"Finding it incredibly valuable to read side by side with Ulysses. Very chuffed when I check a footnote to realize I already knew its significance.
Couldn’t read Ulysses without this book." — Nov 23, 2025 07:43AM
"Finding it incredibly valuable to read side by side with Ulysses. Very chuffed when I check a footnote to realize I already knew its significance.
Couldn’t read Ulysses without this book." — Nov 23, 2025 07:43AM
“And I would tell him, so full of twentysomething wisdom, that life is almost never about choosing between one thing you really want and another thing you don't want at all. If you're lucky, and healthy, and live in a country where you have enough to eat and no fear that you're going to get shot when you walk out your door, life is an endless series of choosing between two things you want almost equally. And you have to evaluate and determine which awesome thing you want infinitesimally more, and then give up that other awesome thing you want almost exactly as much. You have to trade awesome for awesome. Everyone I knew, no matter what they chose, was at least a little in mourning for that other thing.”
― What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding
― What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding
“Yeah, about the test...
The test will measure whether you are an informed, engaged, and productive citizen of the world, and it will take place in schools and bars and hospitals and dorm rooms and in places of worship. You will be tested on first dates, in job interviews, while watching football, and while scrolling through your Twitter feed. The test will judge your ability to think about things other than celebrity marriages, whether you’ll be easily persuaded by empty political rhetoric, and whether you’ll be able to place your life and your community in a broader context. The test will last your entire life, and it will be comprised of the millions of decisions that, when taken together, will make your life yours. And everything, everything, will be on it.
...I know, right?”
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The test will measure whether you are an informed, engaged, and productive citizen of the world, and it will take place in schools and bars and hospitals and dorm rooms and in places of worship. You will be tested on first dates, in job interviews, while watching football, and while scrolling through your Twitter feed. The test will judge your ability to think about things other than celebrity marriages, whether you’ll be easily persuaded by empty political rhetoric, and whether you’ll be able to place your life and your community in a broader context. The test will last your entire life, and it will be comprised of the millions of decisions that, when taken together, will make your life yours. And everything, everything, will be on it.
...I know, right?”
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“I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter's hand.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
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